Coach-pad



(model.)

` E. R. CAHOONE.

Coach Pad'. No. 237,725. .Patented Feb. 15.1881.

N.PE"rERS. PHOTOLITMDGRAPHER, WASyINGTON. n c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN B. CAHOONE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

COACH-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,725, dated February 15, 1881.

j Application led August 23, 1,880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Newark, in the county ot' Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Coach-Pads, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to various details of improvement in coach and harness pads, and in some respects to improvements in the construction of pads for team-harness described in Letters Patent granted to Edwin R. Oahoone and Noble Teas, February 3, 1880, and numbered 223,991.

The invention consists, principally, in making the pad-frame in two pieces with peculiarly-shaped ends, and in connecting them together by means of a separate piece of leather resembling the housing, but which, for ornamental effect, may be of a did'erent color, and two straps resembling the side straps, all applied and fastened as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of one part of a pad having my improvements attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view of one part of the padframe; and Fig. 4. is a section of the same, taken at the line m ir of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a top view of the under plate. Fig. 6 represen ts the spring, and Fig. 7 the connecting -piece by means of which the two parts of the pad are joined together.

Referring to the drawings, A represents one of the pad-frames, composed of metal or other suitable material, and provided, as shown, with narrow cross-pieces or bridges t' t i, holes c c' for the pad-screws, and a hole for the terret, and a wide bridge, G, curved to conform to the shape of the outer end, B, of the pad-frame. This end B of the frame has an ornamental top piece ush with the sides of the frame, and provided with two longitudinal slits or apertures, C C, in the shape of two half-moons in reverse position to each other. The outer edge of this end of the frameis straight, but the inner edge curves inwardly in the shape of a half-circle, so as to conform to the shape of the bridge G and leave the desired metal surface around the hole e for the pad-screw.

B designates the inner end of the frame, which is also closed, and its inner edge curves inwardly, so as to leave the desired metal surface around the pad-screw hole e'. The upper surface or closed portion of end B' is curved downwardly and brought to an edge, l, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, so as to form a continuous knife orindentin g edge, for the purposes herein after described.

d designates the side strap, which passes over the housing J J and under the frame A, and is fastened by the pad-screw h.

D designates a piece of ornamental leather, of any suitable shape, and cut of a length sufcient to connect the two halves of the pad, so as to conform to the requisite shape and size, and which may be of any desired color. The ends of this piece D are provided with holes f f', and pass over the housing J J and under straps a c and spring b, the whole being connected together by means of the pad-screw h'.

a and c designate two straps, which are each preferably about half as thick as an ordinary side strap and have the same general appearance, and b designates a metallic spring inserted between the said straps a and c. The pad-h ook H is provided with a loop, H', whereby it may be slipped onto the straps a c and spring b and fastened thereto.

L is the terret, and K the padding.

F is the top leather, which is laid in the frame on top of the bridges, its ends extending under the closed ends B and B'. The endwhich passes under B may have afacing-piece or under layer of colored or ornamental leather fastened thereto, which gives, by means of the slits C C, a very tasty and neat appearance to the pad, at the same time using up scraps and small pieces of colored leather which would otherwise be thrown away.

E is the under plate, and g the pad-screw hole therein. The outer end of the frame, top leather, side strap, and housing are held in place by the pad-screw h, andthe inner end, as before stated, by the pad-screw IL', the pad being fastened to the under plates by means of nuts, in the usual way.

The bridges G are arranged between thetop and bottom edges of the sides s, so as to leave cavities in the frame, the uppermost receiving the top leather, F, between the depressed bridges/i G and the flush ends B B', and the lowermost receiving the side strap, d, beneath IOO the top leather, the side strap supporting the top leather at that point. By these means the top leather is supported Without the use ot' a bottom plate next it.

When the parts ot' the pads are put together the edge l of the end B'of theframebears down on the inner ends of the straps a c, so that the said knife or indenting surface l slightly grooves the straps, and obtains such a purchase thereon as to hold the strap rigidly in place, relieve the strain on the pad-screws, and dispense with the necessity for clamps or other like devices.

The advantage of making the frame in two pieces and connecting the same by means of the piece D and straps a c, constructed and connected as described, is that it saves labor and material, uses up scrap-pieces of leather, and at the same time makes the center ofthe pad yielding and elastic, so that it will conform to the shape otl any horse Without injuring or bruising the back.

In sonic styles of' pads the side strap can be carried from end to end of the pad, and in such case that portion of the strap which passes over the leather piece D is split and a spring inserted therein.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a coach or harness pad, the frame thereof, having the indenting or knife edges l, adapted to indent and hold the straps a, c in place, substantially as specified.

2. In a coach or harness pad, the two-part frame thereof', having the indenting or knife edges l, combined with the straps a c, connecting-piece D, and a strip of metal, I), to sti'en said straps and connecting-piece, substantially as described.

3. The frame A, havin gthe depressed bridges i Gr, sides s, and top iiush end, B, slitted at C, combined with the top leather resting upon said bridges and exposed through the end B, substantially as described.

4. Theframe A, havingthe depressed bridges il G and ends B B', combined with the top leather, F, the side straps, d, to support the top lea-ther beneath the end B, and screws, Src., to connect them, substantially as described.

EDWIN R. CAHOONE.

XVitnesses:

ABRAHAM MANNERS, R. C. RYERsoN. 

